tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364994932019-01-21T20:06:02.782+00:00Running in Cork, IrelandWelcome to the Running in Cork blog, home of the Cork running community. This is the largest website in Cork &amp; Munster for news on road races and general running news. Included are a current race calendar, race previews, photos, results as well as some local, national and international news items.John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.comBlogger6526125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-54981298486070121502019-01-21T20:06:00.000+00:002019-01-21T20:06:02.765+00:00Poll for the best Half-Marathon in Munster in 2018
Thanks to everyone for the nominations.
Charleville Half-Marathon (Sept 2018)
Cork City Half-Marathon (June 2018)
Dingle Half-Marathon (Sept 2018)
Clonmel Half-Marathon (Aug 2018)
Clonakilty Half-Marathon (Dec 2018)
Run Killarney Half-Marathon (July 2018)
Cahir Half-Marathon (July 2018)
Rosscarbery Surf, Turf 'n' Tar Half-Marathon (May 2018)
Waterford AC Half-Marathon (Dec 2018)
Waterford John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-45715947589304480152019-01-21T18:27:00.004+00:002019-01-21T18:27:44.151+00:00Poll for the best 10 mile race in Munster in 2018
Thanks to everyone for the nominations.
John Treacy 10 mile road race in Dungarvan (Feb 2018)
Kingdom Come 10 mile in Castleisland (Apr 2018)
Mallow 10 mile (March 2018)
Duhallow 10 mile in Newmarket (Apr 2018)
Blackwater 10 mile in Clondulane nr Fermoy (May 2018)
John Buckley Sports 10 Miler in Cork City (Sept 2018)
Sonia O'Sullivan 10 mile in Cobh (Apr 2018)
Killarney 10 mile (Sept 2018)
John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-80285418771538190372019-01-21T17:03:00.000+00:002019-01-21T18:24:13.826+00:00Poll for the best 10k race in Cork in 2018
Thanks to everyone for the nominations.
Courtmacsherry 10k (June 2018)
Rebel Run 10k (Oct 2018)
Thomas Kent 10k in Castlelyons (Nov 2018)
Crosshaven 10k (March 2018)
Cork BHAA UCC 10k (Apr 2018)
Bweeng 10k (May 2018)
East Cork Harbour Marathon 10k (Aug 2018)
Rosscarbery Surf, Turf 'n' Tar 10k (May 2018)
The poll for the best 10k race in Cork in 2018 is now open.
Visit this link to vote... John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-48056562016734853212019-01-21T15:16:00.000+00:002019-01-21T16:58:13.312+00:00Poll for the best 5 mile race in Cork in 2018
Thanks to everyone for the nominations.
Coachford 5 mile (July 2018)
Kinsale Regatta 5 mile (Aug 2018)
GR8KM in Mitchelstown (Aug 2018)
Millstreet 5 mile (June 2018)
Cork BHAA Army-Navy 5 mile (Oct 2018)
Midleton 5 mile (May 2018)
Carrigaline 5 mile (Feb 2018)
Churchtown 5 mile (Aug 2018)
Skibbereen 5 mile (Nov 2018)
The poll for the best 5 mile race in Cork in 2018 is now open.
Visit this John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-79446965008790724742019-01-21T13:33:00.001+00:002019-01-21T15:13:37.989+00:00Poll for the best 4 mile race in Cork in 2018
Thanks to everyone for the nominations.
Ballintotis 4 mile (Apr 2018)
Lee Fields 4 mile (June 2018)
Killeagh 4 mile (May 2018)
Great Glenville 4 mile (Nov 2018)
Boherbue to Kiskeam 4 mile (Apr 2018)
Buttevant 4 mile (May 2018)
Inniscarra 4 mile (June 2018)
Rathcormac 4 mile (Aug 2018)
Belgooly 4 mile (Dec 2018)
Clonakilty 4 mile (Aug 2018)
The poll for the best 4 mile race in Cork in 2018 John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-82143454444847027202019-01-20T22:23:00.001+00:002019-01-21T13:20:39.863+00:00Poll for the best 5k race in Cork in 2018
Thanks to everyone for the nominations.
Togher 5k (Dec 2018)
Newmarket 5k (Dec 2018)
Cork BHAA John Buckley Sports 5k (May 2018)
Carrigtwohill 5k (Barrycourt Castle) (July 2018)
Dan Byrne Memorial 5k in Doneraile Park (June 2018)
Doneraile AC 5k (June 2018)
Emer Casey 5k in Youghal (Apr 2018)
Youghal AC 5k (July 2018)
Bweeng 5k (May 2018)
Conna 5k (Aug 2018)
Shandrum AC 5k (Dec 2018)
St.LukesJohn Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-6225680817875547242019-01-20T13:25:00.002+00:002019-01-20T17:25:12.247+00:00Results of the Cloyne Commons Challenge 4k - Sun 20th Jan 2019
Cloyne Commons Challenge 4k Series Race 3
1 0:12:50 O'BRIEN, Kevin East Cork AC M
2 0:13:02 MCKEOWN, Kieran Watergrasshill AC M40
3 0:13:14 O'SHEA, Barry Midleton AC M
16 0:14:34 SANTRY, Fiona East Cork AC F 27 0:15:13 O'BRIEN, Claire Watergrasshill AC F 35 0:16:17 O'NEILL, Nollaig Leevale AC F45
Full results below...
Cloyne Commons John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-63780557578336093402019-01-20T10:11:00.003+00:002019-01-20T10:11:56.980+00:00Record numbers for 5k parkruns in Cork
A record 963 people took part in 5k parkruns in County Cork on Saturday the 19th of January 2019, breaking the previous record of 952 set the previous week. The first Saturday of the year attracted 829.With the new Mallow 5k parkrun starting in February, the magic 1,000 mark should be broken on a regular basis.John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-12309079666300873652019-01-19T22:31:00.000+00:002019-01-19T22:31:02.369+00:00Big numbers again for the Ballincollig 5k parkrun - Sat 19th Jan 2019
A grand total of 478 people turned out for this weeks 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park. While that is down on the record 533 of last week, it's still the second highest ever.
1 Mark SMITH 16:41 VM40-44 M1 Eagle A.C.2 Rory O' SULLIVAN 17:12 VM40-44 M2 St Finbarrs AC3 Connor MC CRORY 18:31 VM35-39 M36 Martina KIELY 19:16 VW35-39 F1 St Finbarrs AC46 Megan John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-4173441171609812322019-01-19T18:13:00.001+00:002019-01-19T18:30:17.889+00:00Record numbers for the Glen River 5k parkrun - Sat 19th Jan 2019
A record 151 runners turned out for this weeks 5k parkrun in the Glen on the north side of Cork City, a 38.5% jump on last weeks numbers.
1 Finbarr O'DWYER 17:38 VM45-49 M1 Leevale AC
2 Conrad DALY 19:32 SM30-34 M2
3 Conor KELLY 20:01 SM20-24 M3
19 Emer O'LEARY 22:56 VW35-39 F1 23 Lauren MURPHY 23:17 JW15-17 F2 24 Megan MURPHY 23:21 John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-45631021605780117772019-01-19T15:37:00.002+00:002019-01-19T15:39:27.507+00:00Post race review of the Ballyhoura Midnight Challenge Half-Marathon
For some unknown reason, I signed up for this half-marathon back in November of 2018. Pretty soon all the available places for the half (~100) and the full (~200) were snapped up and it closed weeks ago. Last night, I found myself at the start line at 2:30am ready to trek around the trails and byroads of the Ballyhoura Mountains in Co.Limerick. This review is to give any readers a flavour of John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-88897396926359000022019-01-18T21:42:00.000+00:002019-01-18T21:47:14.814+00:00Guest Post : John O'Leary at 80... by John Walshe Cork runner John O'Leary has been a regular on the road race circuit for many years and is still going strong. John Walshe of Ballycotton wrote a very nice piece about him in a recent edition of the Evening Echo.
JOHN O’LEARY AT 80
(By John Walshe, Cork Evening Echo 17/01/2019)
In recent weeks, a lot of publicity surrounded the Operation Transformation Nationwide Walks which took place John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-86581148037453127842019-01-18T08:38:00.000+00:002019-01-18T08:38:05.523+00:00Corkman Eoin Keith finishes 2nd in Britain's Toughest Ultra
One of the top Irish Ultra runners Eoin Keith has just finished 2nd in the Montane Spine Ultra, aptly described as Britain's more brutal race. The mountainous course runs some 430kms (268 miles) along the Pennine Way from Sheffield to the Scottish borders.
Eoin, who is from Cobh completed the mountainous course in 4 days,2 hours,18 minutes and 23 seconds which was the 3rd fastest time ever.
John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-65723035972877982232019-01-17T13:24:00.000+00:002019-01-17T13:24:02.092+00:00Running in Cork Facebook page hits 15,000 Likes!
As well as this website, there is also the Running in Cork Facebook page which is one of the largest in Munster.
Recently, it passed the 15,000 'Likes' mark!
It's pretty amazing at times to see just how some news items take off. For example, the recent post about the new 5k parkrun coming up in Mallow was very popular reaching around 17,000 people on Facebook.
If you're on Facebook and John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-57441237250628065332019-01-17T10:00:00.000+00:002019-01-17T10:10:31.350+00:00CIT Sports Seminar Series - Nov 2018 to Apr 2018The Cork Institute of Technology in association with Cork Sports Partnership are organising a series of sports seminars which should be of interest to many people.
The third one is coming up on Wednesday the 23rd of January 2019...
This one for me is probably the best of the six talks. When I was doing the Athletic Ireland Level 2 coaching course in Athlone, Joe O'Connor was the person John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-859740637707326262019-01-15T17:00:00.000+00:002019-01-15T17:00:10.298+00:00The Wibblies are 5 years old!
The Wibbly Wobbly Wonders Running Club have just passed their 5th anniversary!
The club started back in January 2014 with an emphasis on beginners and have helped hundreds to take up running with their Couch to 5k programmes.
Based in Ballyvolane on the north side of Cork City, they cater for people of all abilities. If people just want to walk, they do that. If people want to jog a bit, theyJohn Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-65598908235318694082019-01-15T10:01:00.003+00:002019-01-15T10:06:08.177+00:00Results & Photos of the MMRA Corrin Hill Trail Race - Sun 13th Jan 2019
There was a big turnout of 167 runners for this years MMRA trail race on Corrin Hill near Fermoy.
1 Paul Tierney 918 M 0:26:52 MMRA Cork
2 Paul Minogue 22 M 0:28:44 Clonmel AC Tipperary
3 Paul Gallagher 905 M40 0:28:50 St Finbarr's AC Cork
28 Deirdre O'Gorman 866 F 0:33:22 Tipperary29 Anita Locke 921 F 0:33:42 Kerry31 Kealey Tideswell 610 F John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-83838751188365405472019-01-15T06:30:00.000+00:002019-01-17T13:30:08.114+00:00Notice : The Great Railway Run 10km or 25km - Sun 28th Apr 2019The annual Great Railway Run from Cork to Carrigaline will be held this year on Sunday the 28th of April 2019.
There is a choice of two distances.......a 25 km race starting at 9:30am from Cork City to Carrigaline and a 10 km race from Monkstown to Carrigaline starting at 11am.
The run will roughly follow the route of the old Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway which ran from 1850 until John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-75307206892859008302019-01-14T13:00:00.000+00:002019-01-14T18:35:50.514+00:00Cork County Council approve plan for East Cork Greenway
Update : Mon 14th Jan 2019. Cork County Councillors have just approved plans for a new greenway route between the towns of Midleton and Youghal. The route which is just over 13 miles in length is along the old railway route which closed back in 1988.
Over 300 submissions have been received by the Council following a public consultation last year.
The most vocal opponents have been the localJohn Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-56500520089125006682019-01-14T11:18:00.000+00:002019-01-14T11:18:30.138+00:00Big numbers for 5k parkruns in Cork last weekend... Sat 12th Jan 2019
A grand total of 952 people took part in 5k parkrun in the county of Cork last Saturday (12th Jan 2019). The chart above shows the breakdown for each of the parkruns for the last three weeks.
With its record numbers last week, Ballincollig is pretty much the flagship event with 533 taking part.
The Glen River parkrun on the north side of Cork City has lots of potential as it's close to whereJohn Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-32542887828872670272019-01-14T03:00:00.000+00:002019-01-18T08:39:38.494+00:00Nominations open for the best races in Cork & Munster in 2018
Now that the new year has started, it's time to look back and consider what were the best races of 2018?
The categories are...
1) Best 5k race in Cork
2) Best 4 mile race in Cork
3) Best 5 mile race in Cork
4) Best 10k race in Cork
5) Best 10 mile race in Munster
6) Best Half-Marathon in Munster
The 10 mile and Half are for Munster as people tend to travel a lot further for longer racesJohn Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-6203158301070282462019-01-13T19:02:00.002+00:002019-01-14T11:25:16.227+00:00Results of the Cork BHAA FMC 5k road race... Sun 13th Jan 2019
A grand total of 427 runners turned out for this years Cork BHAA FMC 5k road race in Little Island. It was a very mild sunny morning and it was hard to believe it was mid-January with the thermometer up around 10 deg C.
As you can see from the chart above, the numbers were up 8% this year so the BHAA have got 2019 off to a good start. I was looking at the Cork BHAA stats for 2018 and the John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-10550253773108870872019-01-12T15:31:00.002+00:002019-01-12T16:43:20.203+00:00Results & Photos of the Glen River 5k parkrun... Sat 12th Jan 2019
This weeks 5k parkrun in the Glen Park on the north side of Cork City attracted a field of 109 runners on what was a lovely mild morning.
This was actually my first time ever being in the Glen Park itself. Considering its proximity to the northern ring road, the park was suprisingly quiet and early on a Saturday morning, the only people about were those walking dogs or going for a stroll. It John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-52356622217586040462019-01-12T14:11:00.002+00:002019-01-12T23:00:50.668+00:00Record numbers for the Ballincollig 5k parkrun - Sat 12th Jan 2019
An amazing 533 people turned out for this weeks 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park, breaking the previous record of 448 which was set on the 21st of Jan 2017. That particular one was in the middle of that years Operation Transformation programme where as this year, that TV programme is just starting.
500+ seems to be well ahead of this time last year so it probably down to a growing John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-34551649061569181332019-01-11T11:10:00.000+00:002019-01-11T11:10:42.141+00:00Tipp man Shane Mullaney completes 32 races in 32 counties dressed as Spiderman!
Tipperary man Shane Mullaney is a regular on the road race circuit and for 2018, he set himself the challenge of running 32 races in all 32 Irish counties in the year and do it dressed as Spiderman!
His first race was a 5k in Littleton in Tipperary in April and his final and 32nd race was in Antrim on the 22nd of December.
Donned out in his Spiderman outfit, he finished 1st on six occasions,John Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.com1